Eleanor David – MRQE

The Scarlet Pimpernel (TV)

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

During the French Revolution, a mysterious English nobleman known only as The Scarlet Pimpernel (a humble wayside flower), snatches French aristos from the jaws of the guillotine, while posing as the foppish Sir Percy Blakeney in society. Percy falls for and marries the beautiful actress Marguerite St. Just, but she is involved with Chauvelin and Robespierre, and Percy’s marriage to her may endanger the Pimpernel’s plans to save the little Dauphin

Slipstream

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Slipstream is a 1989 post-apocalyptic science fiction adventure film. The plot has an emphasis on aviation and contains many common science-fiction themes, such as taking place in a dystopian future in which the landscape of the Earth itself has been changed and is windswept by storms of great power. There are also numerous sub-plots, such as free will and humanity amongst artificial intelligence.

La Putain du roi

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Set in the 17th-century, an Italian nobleman weds an impoverished countess, who is wooed by the King of Piedmont and faces pressure from his entire court to succumb to his wishes.

Ladder of Swords

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

An escaped convict, pursued by an obsessive policeman, hides out in a travelling circus

Comfort and Joy

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Radio host Alan ‘Dickie’ Bird witnesses how an icecream van is attacked and destroyed by angry competitors. This leads him into the struggle between two Italian families over the icecream market of Glasgow.

Pink Floyd The Wall

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A troubled rock star descends into madness in the midst of his physical and social isolation from everyone.

Sylvia (1985/I)

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

New Zealand chronicle of the life of noted writer and teacher, Sylvia Ashton-Warner. An interesting look at the unusual teaching methods she used while working with the children from the indigenous Maon.